[ubuntu-uk] O2 Joggler: deal

[Tim Powys-Lybbe]

On 19 May at 13:04, Kris Douglas <krisdouglas at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 19 May 2010 12:41, Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim at southfarm.plus.com> wrote:
> > On 14 May at 8:27, David <david.lutton at gmail.com> wrote:
> >

<snip about abtaining Joggler boxes>

> >
> > (a) I plugged the USB stick into my normal Ubuntu machine, a Fusion
> > partition on a mac Pro, and was able to read what was on the stick
> > OK. I do not know how to add up the sizes of all the files on the
> > stick to compare with the size of the impressed image file.  I had
> > used Windows and the DiskImager program to blow the stick (see
> > http://www.stephenford.org/joggler/ )  Perhaps getting another USB
> > stick is next?
> >

<more snip>

> As for the USB, make sure the fat partition is setup correctly, but
> failing that, I guess trying another USB pen would be a good idea, as
> I have one that works and one that doesn't.

Thanks.  I have a new stick and will shortly be starting to try to load
it with Ubuntu.  I'll try and do this all from Ubuntu and not use the
very convenient Windows Diskimager program.

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Tim Powys-Lybbe                                           tim at powys.org
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